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Lafayette House

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Description: The Lafayette House, a modest stone country house, was built by Henry Landis around 1750, and boasts that Lafayette stayed inside while being treated by Dr...
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Belvidere Avenue

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Description: A view of Belvedere Avenue. The street is tree-lined, making the homes partially obscured. Men stand and pose in the middle ground, while three groups of c...
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Newton Avenue

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Description: A view of Newton Avenue from the street with houses on the right. Trees line the street and partially obscure the houses, and a carriage in the distance is...
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Bank Street

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Description: A view of Bank Street. Trees line the street and on the right side of the street is a truck with a man next to it.
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Spotswood Fire Department Engine

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Description: A view of the engine, with four men posing on it, one in front and three in the back. It is parked in an empty lot, with a house to the left. This struct...
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Women's Marching Band

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the women's marching band from John Wanamaker Commercial Institute performing, with children walking beside them and standing on the side ...
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First Avenue

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Description: View looking down First Avenue, with shops on the left and small houses on the right. Automobiles are parked along both sides of the street. The signs pain...
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First Avenue

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Description: View looking down First Avenue, lined on either side with one and two-story homes. A man stands on the porch of the house in the right foreground and autom...
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First Avenue

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Description: A row of mostly one-story homes standing along First Avenue. A young child plays in the front yard of a home at left while two men walk down the dirt road ...
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Town Homes

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Description: View of town houses across a field.
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Beamed Attic Interior at Dey Mansion

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Description: View of the attic of the Dey Mansion, constructed by Dirck Dey in the 1740s. The attic features a beamed interior.

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